parabole

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See also: parabolé and parabolë

English

Etymology

From Latin , from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “juxtaposition, comparison”). See parable.

Noun

parabole (countable and uncountable, plural parabolae or parabolai)

  1. (rhetoric) Obsolete spelling of parable.
    • 1835, L Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, , Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 18:
      Parabole, to illustrate a thing, compares;
      Like, as, so, thus, such, are the signs it bears.

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

Noun

parabole f (plural paraboles)

  1. (mathematics, physics) parabola
  2. dish (antenna)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French parabole, borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parole, which was inherited.

Noun

parabole f (plural paraboles)

  1. (literature) parable

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈra.bo.le/
  • Rhymes: -abole
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rà‧bo‧le

Noun

parabole f

  1. plural of parabola

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

parabole m

  1. vocative singular of parabolus

Middle English

Noun

parabole

  1. Alternative form of parable

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Compare parole.

Noun

parabole oblique singular, f (oblique plural paraboles, nominative singular parabole, nominative plural paraboles)

  1. parable

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.raˈbɔ.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra‧bo‧le

Noun

parabole f pl

  1. nominative plural of parabola
  2. accusative plural of parabola
  3. vocative plural of parabola
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